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the boston marathon-- in times square. the boston marathon sort of doesn't fit either one of these categories. it's an iconic event. it's an iconic institution for the people of boston, but internationally, it doesn't really have that kind of image. so it's just a hard one to figure out. >> ifill: on the other hand, it is also a big spectator event. we haven't seen that sort of thing where you see a-- with a lot of cameras already pointed at it. we knew it was going to be a big deal. >> look whose happened here. but no way to minimize this. three people died. and we as a country are gripped by it. we are terrorized. it has literally achieved that end of that goal of terrorism. what is remarkable to me, we have gone 10, 12 years since 9/11 without a series of these type of small-scale attack which would have as much impact i think on this country as the larger scale ones. >> it was a very intimate attack. there was the pointed story of the young man who lost both legs in the bombing and he said in the moment before the bomb
the boston marathon-- in times square. the boston marathon sort of doesn't fit either one of these categories. it's an iconic event. it's an iconic institution for the people of boston, but internationally, it doesn't really have that kind of image. so it's just a hard one to figure out. >> ifill: on the other hand, it is also a big spectator event. we haven't seen that sort of thing where you see a-- with a lot of cameras already pointed at it. we knew it was going to be a big deal....
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i know what he did and so does everybody in boston and around the world. >> i agree. the one thing i think it is fascinating about this story is this kid was much beloved. either he was a great con artist ,r he got turned by his brother we really do not know. "rolling stone" has not shed a lot of light on that. it is sort of a suck uppy piece. >> looking at the commercial aspect of this, i think the newsstand sales nationally amount to about 75,000 per issue, which is less than 1/5 of its circulation. the boycott if anything draws attention to the target audience and is of commercial value to them. no.iterary value, historical value, none. >> nobody has a problem with it? >> i do. >> nobody thinks it ought to be suppressed. obviousnk it is exploitation of a terrorist, alleging. make the call on the picture. i do not think it is glorifying the sky. i think it is in the eye of the beholder. i understand how sensitive this would be to a lot of people. i would not have used it. >> they did not put a picture of whitey bulger on the cover and tell us anything about his poor
i know what he did and so does everybody in boston and around the world. >> i agree. the one thing i think it is fascinating about this story is this kid was much beloved. either he was a great con artist ,r he got turned by his brother we really do not know. "rolling stone" has not shed a lot of light on that. it is sort of a suck uppy piece. >> looking at the commercial aspect of this, i think the newsstand sales nationally amount to about 75,000 per issue, which is less...
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i do have a son-in-law from boston who watches on his computer screen every game. it is a national team, of sorts. and we still think of them as an underdog and root for them. it affects all of us. >> but mark talks about the theology, which is very deep and profound. >> red sox fans are a little different than the nationals fans, tampa bay. 712 consecutive sellout. since may 11, 2003, every single game at fenway park has been oversold and oversubscribed. no other team in the history of baseball -- >> it is a real ball park and not a skybox ballpark. >> it will continue because we are all masochists. >> on that sad note, see you next week. >> for a transcript of this broadcast, log onto www.insidewashington.tv. broadcast, log onto www.insidewashington.tv. >>> from washington, "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over two decades, the shar
i do have a son-in-law from boston who watches on his computer screen every game. it is a national team, of sorts. and we still think of them as an underdog and root for them. it affects all of us. >> but mark talks about the theology, which is very deep and profound. >> red sox fans are a little different than the nationals fans, tampa bay. 712 consecutive sellout. since may 11, 2003, every single game at fenway park has been oversold and oversubscribed. no other team in the...
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away so he can be on hand if needed and he goes into a monastic existence in quincy, a town south of boston. >> rose: and then he gets the note to come back. >> and he comes back-- and it's implied in the story and it was in screenplay he comes back periodically, when joe has to be hospitalized and he discusses-- he comes back to take care of the kid when there's no one else to do it. he's been in touch but detached himself completely from the family from the town he grew up. >> rose: what kinds of stories do you like to tell? >> i like telling stories about people who are dealing with things that are too big for them. >> rose: like grief. >> grief, the weight of other people's requirements, the fact that the world never does what you meant it to do. death. other people generally, institutional difficulties, difficulties with lawyers, difficulties with doctors, difficulties with the law. this movie has a lot-- this movie, believe it or not, has a lot of laughs in it. and i like-- i like humor just as much as anything else. and i like to put humor in everything i do. , yothat scene we just s
away so he can be on hand if needed and he goes into a monastic existence in quincy, a town south of boston. >> rose: and then he gets the note to come back. >> and he comes back-- and it's implied in the story and it was in screenplay he comes back periodically, when joe has to be hospitalized and he discusses-- he comes back to take care of the kid when there's no one else to do it. he's been in touch but detached himself completely from the family from the town he grew up....
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think originally it was, like, $27,000. >> reporter: 64-year-old annette orlaez of boston is still paying about $300 a month the loan she took out 20 years ago to pursue graduate degrees in american studies, a loan she expects to be paying for another shn years. worked for non-profits serving children and the shderly, but her income never reached the levehad hoped. >> i'm making now what i made in the '80s. i'm making about $42,000 a year. >>tolks with student loan d typically save less than folks without student loan debt. and then, once they're in retirement, if they are repaying loans,ertainly that is a liability that they wouldn't otherwise have to pay for when they're on a fixed a. limited inco >> reporter: like pelaez, 27% of americans with student loans borrowed for their own education. but most-- more than 70%-- borrowed for their children's or grandchildren's education. peopleike nancy kukay. kukay, who's divorced, took out abt $46,000 in her name an cosigned for around $34,000 more with her son andrew, who graduated from the university of south carolina in 2008. >> i entered int
think originally it was, like, $27,000. >> reporter: 64-year-old annette orlaez of boston is still paying about $300 a month the loan she took out 20 years ago to pursue graduate degrees in american studies, a loan she expects to be paying for another shn years. worked for non-profits serving children and the shderly, but her income never reached the levehad hoped. >> i'm making now what i made in the '80s. i'm making about $42,000 a year. >>tolks with student loan d typically...
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. >> rose: meaning the corridor from boston to new york to washington rather than being farms and factories? >> i travel every week, with but i'm at a college here, so i'm always within the bubble, so i've got to get out. but the other thing is i've achieved way more career success than i ever thought i would, so it's time to taken chanceons the spiritual realm and the personal and emotional realm and i've got nothing to lose. >> rose: i'll come to politics and trump in a moment, much to talk about, but you're willing to take chances in the spiritual realm. what does that mean? >> i hope i'm not violating confidence. i went to a summer camp in connecticut for 15 years, and i had a friend named wes and he was exuberance personified. he couldn't get through a sentence without clicking and whistling because he had an inner light, he just radiated it. he died last week, or two weeks ago now, and i went to see him, it happened to be the day he died, but he greeted death with such confidence and almost joy, that he was a man of deep faith and he said, i am going to the kingdom. and to greet death
. >> rose: meaning the corridor from boston to new york to washington rather than being farms and factories? >> i travel every week, with but i'm at a college here, so i'm always within the bubble, so i've got to get out. but the other thing is i've achieved way more career success than i ever thought i would, so it's time to taken chanceons the spiritual realm and the personal and emotional realm and i've got nothing to lose. >> rose: i'll come to politics and trump in a...
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do wrong and these bunch -- this bunch of guys seem to embrace the whole situation in boston and boston came to embrace them in the end. and it's -- it's been a far more symbiotic, nice relationship than i can ever remember between the team and the town. >> brown: let me ask you briefly about the beards which became sort of symbol of -- i guess a sort of attitude. what happens now have they said? are they shaving them or keeping them >> i read a little thing today that they might be shave ago lot of them for charity so you can probably buy some of those beards and go home and stick them on your face or something. i don't know. but it's kind of a great symbol. they looked like a bunch of bolsheviks, didn't they? (laughs) >> brown: boston sports writer lee montville, thank you so much. >> thank you, jeffrey. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: israeli warplanes struck a syrian port. u.s. security officials said the target was a shipment of russian-made, surface-to-air missiles. china demanded an explanation after reports that u.s. and australian embassies are being used as
do wrong and these bunch -- this bunch of guys seem to embrace the whole situation in boston and boston came to embrace them in the end. and it's -- it's been a far more symbiotic, nice relationship than i can ever remember between the team and the town. >> brown: let me ask you briefly about the beards which became sort of symbol of -- i guess a sort of attitude. what happens now have they said? are they shaving them or keeping them >> i read a little thing today that they might be...
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thanks to a program at brandeis university, just outside boston, that promotes cross-border collabation among promising young arab and israeli entrepreurs. >> welcome to microsoft in israel. >> reporter: amro is eyeing some of the business that multinational tech firms are sending isel's way. >> a lot of u.s. companies have their r&d departments in tel aviv, in haifa. google, microsoft, intel they're working straight with companies in israel. we can provide them with professional services on a very, very, very low cost. >> reporter: and for a palestinian who grew up during the second intifada, from 2000 to 2005, that's almost unthinkable. >> most of my childhood was a lot of violence, a lot of war, o of killing. >> reporter: did you throw rocks and stuff like that? >>oes, please don't take me jail, but yes, i did. i only have had interactions with israelis who carry a gun, who were in uniform, middle of the night, i'm a little kid, i'm nine years old, they knock on the door with the back of their guns. they break into our house, they search everything in the house for no reason. and the
thanks to a program at brandeis university, just outside boston, that promotes cross-border collabation among promising young arab and israeli entrepreurs. >> welcome to microsoft in israel. >> reporter: amro is eyeing some of the business that multinational tech firms are sending isel's way. >> a lot of u.s. companies have their r&d departments in tel aviv, in haifa. google, microsoft, intel they're working straight with companies in israel. we can provide them with...
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bratton began as a beat cop in 1970 in boston and moved to lead the police department in boston, los angeles and new york where he first served under mayor rudolph giuliani. he reduced crime and healed racial tensions between police and minority communities. he spoke of his goals yesterday during a city hall press conference. >> when you see a policeman, and this is our goal, when you see a policeman, remember that he is your friend. that's the vision and the ideas that they share up here and that people carry forward. and that is happening but it doesn't happen over night. there are changes in many respks and we've seen the tide shift in that direction. it's a challenging time for police in america and new york even with all indicators pointing in the right direction. >> rose: commissioner bratton has been a frequent guest on this program, i'm pleased to have him back at this table at this time, welcome. >> good to be with you charlie. >> rose: you just said this is a difficult time to be a police commissioner. there are big challenges ahead. so why leave? >> it's time, for me perso
bratton began as a beat cop in 1970 in boston and moved to lead the police department in boston, los angeles and new york where he first served under mayor rudolph giuliani. he reduced crime and healed racial tensions between police and minority communities. he spoke of his goals yesterday during a city hall press conference. >> when you see a policeman, and this is our goal, when you see a policeman, remember that he is your friend. that's the vision and the ideas that they share up here...
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i'm from new york city and mark's from boston and on behalf of 8 million new yorkers i want to apologize for the language. i'm pretty sure they're yankees fans, not mets fans. we don't talk that way. blood kurd ling, i agree, would be the word. >> woodruff: i gave you a chance to say something positive. we'll try again next week. david brooks, mar mark shields, thank you both. >> woodruff: now, a look at how artists captured detroit's turbulent history in the civil rights era. this week marks the 50th anniversary of major civil unrest in the motor city, and a unique series of exhibitions are chronicling that moment. jeffrey brown went to michigan to see them. >> brown: a fiery red sky. people "trapped in a city" with charred remains from the 1967 detroit riots. a painting by yvonne parks catchings, in an exhibition titled "say it loud: art, history, rebellion" at the charles h. wright museum of african american history. striking images of confrontation, and consequences, in works by national and local artists from the 1960s on. curator patrina chatman: >> what i think you're seeing is th
i'm from new york city and mark's from boston and on behalf of 8 million new yorkers i want to apologize for the language. i'm pretty sure they're yankees fans, not mets fans. we don't talk that way. blood kurd ling, i agree, would be the word. >> woodruff: i gave you a chance to say something positive. we'll try again next week. david brooks, mar mark shields, thank you both. >> woodruff: now, a look at how artists captured detroit's turbulent history in the civil rights era. this...
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the boston study also found poor long-term results for those patients. cleveland clinic infectious disease chair doctor steven gordon says their research found poor outcomes starting about three months after surgery. >> from 90 days to the six month period the risk of reaission ation is tenfold higher amongst the opioid use disorder patients with endocarditis that were operated on. and we believe that is most likely due to relapse. >> reporter: experts say those suffering from opioid addiction face high rates of relapse, which often means re-infected valvesnd repeat surgeries. many patients are on medicaid or lack health insurance all together. >> we have seen a fairly significant number of patients that have had not one, not two, but three or four heart valve ements related to repeat use. >> reerpobioethicist mark aulisio says repeat cases raise some thorny ethical issues. he and otherargue addiction treatment needs to be part of the heart care protocotsfor such pati >> there's really got to be comprehensive care for patients who have this issue because
the boston study also found poor long-term results for those patients. cleveland clinic infectious disease chair doctor steven gordon says their research found poor outcomes starting about three months after surgery. >> from 90 days to the six month period the risk of reaission ation is tenfold higher amongst the opioid use disorder patients with endocarditis that were operated on. and we believe that is most likely due to relapse. >> reporter: experts say those suffering from...
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until he can answer that in -- >> "the boston globe" found -- >> that is not a recommendation for republicans in new hampshire. >> he is an honorable guy but he looks like a rich kid. he needed to say from the very beginning that i would be different and he did not do that. >> we did not hear about mitt romney's religion. was that a factor? >> absolutely bad polls show that a lot of evangelical christians -- absolutely. a lot of polls show that evangelical christians think it is a cult. >> this past week was the first time i've seen some of that in my e-mail box. it may be there, but it wasn't over. -- overt. >> it will be a factor in new hampshire. >> it could be in south carolina. >> absolutely. >> is there a way to find a romney stopper? >> i am excited to get out with a real republicans -- not that there aren't real republicans in iowa, but it was a loose the pc process and you had a lot of people that admitted they were democrats voting in caucuses last night. >> rick perry says he will stay in their eyes, looking fondly on south carolina, is kind of folks, he thinks. i call your attenti
until he can answer that in -- >> "the boston globe" found -- >> that is not a recommendation for republicans in new hampshire. >> he is an honorable guy but he looks like a rich kid. he needed to say from the very beginning that i would be different and he did not do that. >> we did not hear about mitt romney's religion. was that a factor? >> absolutely bad polls show that a lot of evangelical christians -- absolutely. a lot of polls show that...
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daughter who actually is a lawyer who works in immigration law and runs -- helps to run the clinic at boston university. and she is just beside herself that ayanna pressley has won. it's very exciting. >> in massachusetts. >> in massachusetts. >> up ending a ten-term 20-year congressional career. >> who was actually -- mike capuano was quite gracious last night in that loss, and i think he understands there is a generational change going forward. and, quite frankly, when we all spend days quite depressed about what's going on, i look at those young parkland students who are trying to register voters all over this country. i look at the women's march. and i look at not only the women who are running in this election, but the diversity of people running this election and it gives me great hope and optimism for this country. >> ambassador wendy sherman, not for the faint of heart, thank you so much for joining us. we should mention you are getting your harvard dream. it's deferred but you're going to be there in the new year. >> i am. i'm very fortunate i'm going to be a professor of practicing
daughter who actually is a lawyer who works in immigration law and runs -- helps to run the clinic at boston university. and she is just beside herself that ayanna pressley has won. it's very exciting. >> in massachusetts. >> in massachusetts. >> up ending a ten-term 20-year congressional career. >> who was actually -- mike capuano was quite gracious last night in that loss, and i think he understands there is a generational change going forward. and, quite frankly, when...
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characterizing our ongoing counter-terrorism efforts which are in a variety of contexts like what we see in boston now, which is law enforcement effort. like what we see in places like yemen and elsewhere. we have to be careful when talking about it as a war against a concept. i think that term works tbien if you're talking about the state of poverty or the scourge of drugs. it's a good bumper sticker to rally public support for a domestic government program. >> rose: or medical issue. >> when you're talking about a government effort that involves lethal force, that involves the national security assets of our governmentux we only go to war against nations and groups. we don't go to war against a concept. fing we get into the framework of talking about a war against a concept, we risk dangerous overreach. >> rose: however, many people make this point that in whatever the complex might be, we sometimes lose the patle of ideas. >> that's why it is so important to-- when you're talking about armed conflict to have clear parameters about who your enemy is in the current conflict i talked about when in
characterizing our ongoing counter-terrorism efforts which are in a variety of contexts like what we see in boston now, which is law enforcement effort. like what we see in places like yemen and elsewhere. we have to be careful when talking about it as a war against a concept. i think that term works tbien if you're talking about the state of poverty or the scourge of drugs. it's a good bumper sticker to rally public support for a domestic government program. >> rose: or medical issue....
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>> yes, he got the boston endorsement. he has the appeal, endorsement but at this point in the game, it's just not enough. gwen: it's unclear "the boston globe" endorsement gets republicans elected. >> but perhaps independents. gwen: perhaps independents, which is what he's clearly going for here. newt gingrich, another puzzle. flying high in national polls, even iowa. collapsed pretty spectacularly last week and seems to be continuing his collapse. >> he got hammered in iowa with millions of dollars in negative ads and didn't respond. took it as a badge of honor he wasn't going to respond and realized not responding was a mistake. i think he ended the campaign in iowa as a very angry person as we saw on caucus night when he gave that speech and did not say anything gracious about governor romney and has come here, in a sense he's got one card here and that is the support of the union leader, which is strong, conservative newspaper here in manchester. and once they endorse a candidate, they stay with that candidate. they'v
>> yes, he got the boston endorsement. he has the appeal, endorsement but at this point in the game, it's just not enough. gwen: it's unclear "the boston globe" endorsement gets republicans elected. >> but perhaps independents. gwen: perhaps independents, which is what he's clearly going for here. newt gingrich, another puzzle. flying high in national polls, even iowa. collapsed pretty spectacularly last week and seems to be continuing his collapse. >> he got...
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and that is a definite challenge. >> reporter: thanks to a citywide effort, boston boasts more teen jobs per capita than any city in the country. this summer, the pic alone lined up 3,000. >> what do we want? >> youth jobs! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> reporter: it's taken strenuous politicking to gin up public funding, direct pleas from boston's mayor to recruit private employers. >> hi, i'm mayor tom menino. i'm asking you to hire a high school student for the summer. >> reporter: but despite year- round focus, there are still substantially fewer jobs in boston today than there were in the late '90s. >> once january starts, my number one priority is, get summer jobs for young people. >> reporter: 18-year-old john tabares has one of those jobs, in the mailroom of financial firm eaton vance. his family moved here from colombia when he was five. >> it's been very rough for us, but my parents never gave up. they kept working-- two jobs, three jobs. >> reporter: tabares graduated from one of boston's most competitive public high schools, and is headed to northeastern university in the
and that is a definite challenge. >> reporter: thanks to a citywide effort, boston boasts more teen jobs per capita than any city in the country. this summer, the pic alone lined up 3,000. >> what do we want? >> youth jobs! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> reporter: it's taken strenuous politicking to gin up public funding, direct pleas from boston's mayor to recruit private employers. >> hi, i'm mayor tom menino. i'm asking you to hire a high school...
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garcia and other researchers, including a team from boston university, have conducted several studies trying to determine the cause. initially, pesticides were t,considered a likely culput there was no explanation why siese chemicals didn't have a lar impact in other places they are sprayed, including the united states. dr. garcia says one thing they believe may be a contributing factor is the severe dehydtion of the workers, which prevents the kidneys from functioning fully. >> it's too hot, simply too hot. you cannot drink enough water ac the samethat you are losing it in sweat. we're not sure if this is the only cause, or a mix of causes that put together are producing the disease. >> reporter: as researchers scramble to nd the root cause of the disease, some groups are focusing on improving working conditions. some regions of the world have mechanized cane harvesting. it lowers the financial cost, but would create a social e here, says sebastian teunissen of the netherlands-based group, solidaridad. something has to change. it could be mechanization.ld it ce that farmers work oget
garcia and other researchers, including a team from boston university, have conducted several studies trying to determine the cause. initially, pesticides were t,considered a likely culput there was no explanation why siese chemicals didn't have a lar impact in other places they are sprayed, including the united states. dr. garcia says one thing they believe may be a contributing factor is the severe dehydtion of the workers, which prevents the kidneys from functioning fully. >> it's too...
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against muslims. >> rose: but, i mean, this is -- interesting to add to this discussion if you look at boston and other places, ray kelly made a speech in dallas and he basically said he's worried by the rise of terrorism because it's different and doesn't have a central source. >> right. >> rose: and that's a scary thing. and therefore it's not necessarily linked and you can't -- it's a bit different from a non-state war. as long as russia was the enemy, or the soviet union, you knew who the enemy was, knew how to have a kind of destruction attitude towards them. you can't do that. >> no. no. >> rose: especially if it's al qaeda affiliates. >> not even al qaeda affiliates but the loan wolf. we have no satellite capability that can watch the tsarnaev niece cambridge. there's no satellites in cambridge. we don't know who they are until it's too late. which goes to something that was missing from the speech, i think which is the -- what role, if any, the u.s. government and its agencies can play in interrupting the radicalization process or the self-radicalization process. and i don't know it w
against muslims. >> rose: but, i mean, this is -- interesting to add to this discussion if you look at boston and other places, ray kelly made a speech in dallas and he basically said he's worried by the rise of terrorism because it's different and doesn't have a central source. >> right. >> rose: and that's a scary thing. and therefore it's not necessarily linked and you can't -- it's a bit different from a non-state war. as long as russia was the enemy, or the soviet union,...
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narrow in order to win and that is a sign of momentum and it takes a lot of pressure off the campaign in boston. >> rose: these things have come out of these kinds of polls, number one, who do you think will make the best leader, governor romney, had you been 2, who do you think will handle the economy better? governor romney. number 3, who do you think cares more about you? >> president obama. >> right. >> rose: must be 4 who is better in foreign policy? >> president obama. >> rose: right. >> what would you add to that? those are the basic kind of -- >> well there is a different variations of cares about people, who understands the middle class. i thought all along, governor romney on those questions, those character and trade questions, governor romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is
narrow in order to win and that is a sign of momentum and it takes a lot of pressure off the campaign in boston. >> rose: these things have come out of these kinds of polls, number one, who do you think will make the best leader, governor romney, had you been 2, who do you think will handle the economy better? governor romney. number 3, who do you think cares more about you? >> president obama. >> right. >> rose: must be 4 who is better in foreign policy? >>...
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abbott had come to boston on the day of the bombings to watch a red sox game. she was standing in line to get into a bar near where the second bomb went off >> it blew a bunch of us into the bar. i suppose it hit me because i was the last one. i was on the ground. everybody running to back of the bar. i felt like my foot was on fire. i knew i couldn't stand up. i didn't know what to do. i was just screaming somebody please help me. and i was thinking who is going to help me? i mean everybody else is running for their lives. and to my surprise and from what i'm learning, i'm kind of just learning how i was sort of rescued out of there, there were two women and two men involved in helping me get out of bar and into an ambulance. you can't sit there and say what if. what if i arrived five minutes later or five minutes earlier, or what if i decided not to go to the game this year. i think i did that for a little while but you know this is the situation i'm faced with. it's not going to change. so for me to dwell on negative is sort of a waste of time for me. >> tha
abbott had come to boston on the day of the bombings to watch a red sox game. she was standing in line to get into a bar near where the second bomb went off >> it blew a bunch of us into the bar. i suppose it hit me because i was the last one. i was on the ground. everybody running to back of the bar. i felt like my foot was on fire. i knew i couldn't stand up. i didn't know what to do. i was just screaming somebody please help me. and i was thinking who is going to help me? i mean...
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it's called fentanyl, and joining me now from boston to discuss the growing concerns over its impact is david armstrong of the science and health reporting news outlet stat. david, thanks for i don't think us. put fentanyl in perspective for us. really, since the death of prince, that word has kind of crept into people's psyche, but how significant is this drug when we're talking about these overdoses? >> well, it's significant because two main reasons. one is its potency. fentanyl is anywhere from 50 to 100 times more powerful, more potent than heroin, which is already more potent and powerful than other opiods people have been abusing. and the the other thing that's frightening about fentanyl is that it is being mislabeled or counterfeited, in essence, as other opiods. so people think they're taking heroin. they're actually taking fentanyl. and, also, we're now seeing a big increase in fentanyl being labeled as pain killers, you know, regular prescription pain pills that people buy on the streets that's actually fentanyl. so that's where the danger comes in, these two things it's p
it's called fentanyl, and joining me now from boston to discuss the growing concerns over its impact is david armstrong of the science and health reporting news outlet stat. david, thanks for i don't think us. put fentanyl in perspective for us. really, since the death of prince, that word has kind of crept into people's psyche, but how significant is this drug when we're talking about these overdoses? >> well, it's significant because two main reasons. one is its potency. fentanyl is...
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a couple of months later, we were in boston, getting ready to go to the convention, we're all packing our bags, and we hear -- it must have been tuesday night -- as we're packing, we hear this speech coming from the television, it was the second night of the convention, and it was barack obama, and we couldn't believe it because, of course, you know, there's the keynote and -- >> charlie: i was there. it was incredible. we thought, oh, my goo goodness. >> charlie: and he was a state senator at the moment. >> yes, and it was the most incredible speech. >> charlie: you were drawn to it? >> i remember exactly where i was in my apartment when i heard it. >> charlie: what is it about him? >> he is so authentic. a lot of the things that people criticized him for -- you know, he was too new to run, he hadn't been in the senate long enough -- a lot of those things were the attributes that made him such an authentic candidate. we didn't have the national, political roots. there weren't people that we had sto say they supported us for x number of years so we had to fill in the blank. we were un
a couple of months later, we were in boston, getting ready to go to the convention, we're all packing our bags, and we hear -- it must have been tuesday night -- as we're packing, we hear this speech coming from the television, it was the second night of the convention, and it was barack obama, and we couldn't believe it because, of course, you know, there's the keynote and -- >> charlie: i was there. it was incredible. we thought, oh, my goo goodness. >> charlie: and he was a state...
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it was lasfall in boston." of course, i'm wrong just as often as i'm right. a young korean american woman came through the line a few years ago." we've met before, haven't w" i asked. and she said, "right, because all us asians look alike." if i could do it all over again i'd say, "wait, aren't you kim and you were in those margaret cho comedy specials, and that amy tan movie you starred in and wrote because you're somehow ming-na wen and amy tan." i am actually very capable of distinguishing one asian person from another. except for my friends matt and john yuan whare identical twins, and have matching haircuts and eye glasses and weigh the same. they dress alike, live together and honestly don't care if oiyone can tell them apart. so i'm not to feel bad about them. that young woman at the book signing though, givebreak. similarly, i was recently with a friend of mine who is a bit fragile. were on a dark terrace looking at the stars when a young woman appre ched to say ked my books." how nice of you to tell me aid.," i e was a college student, and reminded m
it was lasfall in boston." of course, i'm wrong just as often as i'm right. a young korean american woman came through the line a few years ago." we've met before, haven't w" i asked. and she said, "right, because all us asians look alike." if i could do it all over again i'd say, "wait, aren't you kim and you were in those margaret cho comedy specials, and that amy tan movie you starred in and wrote because you're somehow ming-na wen and amy tan." i am...
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and for now from boston, i'm jim lehrer thank you and good night. from coral gables, florida, i'm jim leery, thank you and good night. from oxford, mississippi, thank you, senators, both, i'm jim lehrer, thank you and good night. ( applause ) >> good job. >> good job, john. >> woodruff: that interview with jim and kate leerir was record last fall. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: president obama and mitt romney prepped for their face-to-faceÑi meeting tonight in denver, where they will square off in the first debate. and the syrian civil war threatened to boil over, after mortar fire from syria killed five people in a village in turkey. the turks fired back at targets in syria. and in a new project launching today, the "newshour" is allowing you to make your own political ads. kwame holman explains. >> holman: gwen, the adlibs mozilla game let's the viewer be the candidate. you can mash up your facebook photos to make personalized political ads. find that on our home page. today in making sense, with millions of americans still o
and for now from boston, i'm jim lehrer thank you and good night. from coral gables, florida, i'm jim leery, thank you and good night. from oxford, mississippi, thank you, senators, both, i'm jim lehrer, thank you and good night. ( applause ) >> good job. >> good job, john. >> woodruff: that interview with jim and kate leerir was record last fall. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: president obama and mitt romney prepped for their face-to-faceÑi meeting...
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yes i'm going to be at the wilbur in boston on the 24th, if you're looking to promote that charlie. >> rose: we just did. thank you, michael. thank you judd. thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> you're watching pbs. this season of "martha stewart's cooking school" explores treasured recipes from an extraordinary part of the world -- the arabian gulf. join me in my kitchen as i celebrate its regional ingredients. we'll make rustic breads, mouthwatering desserts, and hearty stews with spices made famous by historic trade routes, learn new culinary techniques and creative tips for serving arabian gulf classics, from preparing small bites to showstopping dishes fit for any festive occasion. with its bold flavors and strong traditions, i've been inspired to get into the kitchen and add what i like to call a good thing to an already delici
yes i'm going to be at the wilbur in boston on the 24th, if you're looking to promote that charlie. >> rose: we just did. thank you, michael. thank you judd. thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> you're...
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florida prep school administrator mark riddell pled guilty today in boston federal court to taking entrance exams for stents in a massive college admissions bribery scheme. prosutors said the 36-year-o harvard graduate was typically paid $10,000 per test. riddl could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. georgetown university could come the first college in the nation to mandate reparations for descendants of former slaves sold to pay f the school's debts. its undergraduate students voted yesterday to increase tuition by about $27 per semester for the fund. the referendum still requires the approval of the university's board directors before it'll take effect. we'll have a look at the political conversation around reparations, later in the program. ageneral electric will pa $1.5 billion fine to settle an investigation into defective subprime mortgages it offered before the 200financial crisis. the department of justice announced that today the move resolves claims that g.e. hid the poor quality of the loans from investors. the company did not admit to any wrongdoing in agreeing
florida prep school administrator mark riddell pled guilty today in boston federal court to taking entrance exams for stents in a massive college admissions bribery scheme. prosutors said the 36-year-o harvard graduate was typically paid $10,000 per test. riddl could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. georgetown university could come the first college in the nation to mandate reparations for descendants of former slaves sold to pay f the school's debts. its undergraduate...
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yes i'm going to be at the wilbur in boston on the 24th, if you're looking to promote that charlie. >> rose: we just did. thank you, michael. thank you judd. thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> you're watching pbs. >>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> ge's profit slump, so does its stock price and fixing the company now rests on the shoulders of the incoming ceo. >>> it's summer. the mosquitos are out and now, a silicon valley firm is launching an e permit to cut the numbers of them an reduce disease. >>> cooking up sug success. how a few hard working entrepreneurs became food truck millionaires. those stories and more tonight on "nightly business report" for friday, july 21st. >>> good evening and welcome. an uphill battle for general electric. its challenges were magnified today when the co
yes i'm going to be at the wilbur in boston on the 24th, if you're looking to promote that charlie. >> rose: we just did. thank you, michael. thank you judd. thank you for joining us. see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> you're...
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and, the heavy snow and high winds forced hundreds of schools to close, from new york to boston to maine. officials everywhere appealed to the public. >> when we get into the evening and the overnight if people continue to stay out of the way of sanitation let them do their job then they go on offensive and are not fighting a constant barrage of snow coming in. they can get things for pretty good for tomorrow morning. >> woodruff: the storm has also grounded more than 3,500 flights through tomorrow. >> cornish: construction on the final stretch of the controversial dakota access oil pipeline is now underway. that's after the u.s. army corps of engineers gave the go-ahead for crews to lay pipe under a north dakota reservoir. the cheyenne river sioux tribe filed a last-ditch legal challenge to try to stop its completion. the tribe fears a leak could taint their water. >> woodruff: the newest member of the united states senate took his seat today. the governor of alabama appointed state attorney general luther strange to the post. he was sworn in by vice president pence this afternoon. a sp
and, the heavy snow and high winds forced hundreds of schools to close, from new york to boston to maine. officials everywhere appealed to the public. >> when we get into the evening and the overnight if people continue to stay out of the way of sanitation let them do their job then they go on offensive and are not fighting a constant barrage of snow coming in. they can get things for pretty good for tomorrow morning. >> woodruff: the storm has also grounded more than 3,500 flights...
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miles o'brien, the pbs newshour, boston. >> woodruff: now, a new look at the terrible cost of slavery in america. it comes in a work of fiction, one that combines gritty realism with a leap of the imagination: what if the underground railroao was an actual train? in fact, "the underground railroad" is the title of colson whitehead's novel. he spoke with jeffrey brown earlier this summer at "book expo america" in chicago. >> brown: let me ask you to sort of introduce what you've done here. it's a novel, but... >> it's not the traditional novel about slavery. the main protagonist is 16 and 17 will living on a cotton plantation. when conditions deteriorate, she's convinced to flee north on the underground. when i first came up with the idea many years ago, i thought, what if the underground railroad was a actual railroad, literally underneath the earth. >> brown: explain that. the underground railroad was a system, an idea, it was people, place, but not a real railroad. >> no, there were people who were sympathetic to slaves and arranged safe havens and got people north, hid them, moved
miles o'brien, the pbs newshour, boston. >> woodruff: now, a new look at the terrible cost of slavery in america. it comes in a work of fiction, one that combines gritty realism with a leap of the imagination: what if the underground railroao was an actual train? in fact, "the underground railroad" is the title of colson whitehead's novel. he spoke with jeffrey brown earlier this summer at "book expo america" in chicago. >> brown: let me ask you to sort of...
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miles o'brien, the pbs newshour, boston. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: where economic worries meet white nationalism; and the first american author to win the esteemed man booker prize. >> sreenivasan: but first, the defense department today tried to defuse a burgeoning controversy surrounding soldiers' pay. the pentagon faced a mounting outcry for trying to recoup enlistment bonuses from thousands of california national guard members. but defense secretary ash carter interrupted a visit today to nato headquarters in brussels, to address the issue: >> i've ordered the suspension of all efforts to collect reimbursement from affected california guard members, and that suspension will continue until i'm satisfied that our process is working. >> sreenivasan: over the weekend, the "los angeles times" reported california guard soldiers are being asked to repay bonuses of $15,000 or more. the payments were an effort to meet enlistment goals during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. they were intended for soldiers with skills in high de
miles o'brien, the pbs newshour, boston. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: where economic worries meet white nationalism; and the first american author to win the esteemed man booker prize. >> sreenivasan: but first, the defense department today tried to defuse a burgeoning controversy surrounding soldiers' pay. the pentagon faced a mounting outcry for trying to recoup enlistment bonuses from thousands of california national guard members. but defense secretary...
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brown: we have the story of libyan fighters recovering from their war-wounds thousands of miles away in boston. >> many of them are gunshot wounds and there are severe hand injuries to shoulder injuries. there are, obviously, patients that also have p.t.s.d. >> woodruff: margaret warner updates the escalating tensions between iran and the west. >> brown: and we close with the discovery of new species found in remote hot springs far beneath the surface of the ocean near antarctica. >> just hoards of these crabs called yetty crabs that have sort of harry chests and harry arms that they grow bacteria on. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contri
brown: we have the story of libyan fighters recovering from their war-wounds thousands of miles away in boston. >> many of them are gunshot wounds and there are severe hand injuries to shoulder injuries. there are, obviously, patients that also have p.t.s.d. >> woodruff: margaret warner updates the escalating tensions between iran and the west. >> brown: and we close with the discovery of new species found in remote hot springs far beneath the surface of the ocean near...
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the two boston marathon bombers came into the united states through the rothenberg and gonzales program. the biology green terrorist, refugee program we're a very generous nation, give asylum and allow in more refugee than anyone on the planet but we'll watch how we screen people because too many people are fraudulently coming into the united states. >> o'brien: no refugees from those particular countries are implicated in the attacks. were the wrong countries picked? >> the bowling green, kentucky, i believe those were from iraq. the geographical focus of where the terrorists are active changes with time, right, so al quaida wasn't necessarily active in the exact same countries now. somalia has become much more active as a place where terrorist training and activity occurs, so it only makes sense that the seven countries or ten countries or however many were most interested in might change over time as the facts on the ground change. >> o'brien: a practical question. somalia, if you're trying to do extreme vetting of someone from so mallia how do you do that for a person who comes out
the two boston marathon bombers came into the united states through the rothenberg and gonzales program. the biology green terrorist, refugee program we're a very generous nation, give asylum and allow in more refugee than anyone on the planet but we'll watch how we screen people because too many people are fraudulently coming into the united states. >> o'brien: no refugees from those particular countries are implicated in the attacks. were the wrong countries picked? >> the bowling...
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john allen covers the vatican and global catholicism for the boston globe. he joins me from denver. >> lest talk a little bit about the shuffle at the bank. why is this particularity bank so significant? >> niferl we should say that the -- first of all, the vatican has a number of important financial centers and the announcement today concerns all of them. in terms of the bank i think the most important thing is that as you rightly indicated in the setup to our conversation over the years the vatican bank has been a recurrent source of scandal and embarrassment for the vatican. and the catholic church. bringing it into compliance with 20th century standards how business should be done. to accomplish that, the pope has done a couple of things. one is, he has significantly internationalized the management of the bank, appointing a frenchman as its president, a board that is tremendously international, breaking an italian monopoly over management of the bank. what he has done is broad in a number of lay people that is nonclerics, for the vatican's other profit
john allen covers the vatican and global catholicism for the boston globe. he joins me from denver. >> lest talk a little bit about the shuffle at the bank. why is this particularity bank so significant? >> niferl we should say that the -- first of all, the vatican has a number of important financial centers and the announcement today concerns all of them. in terms of the bank i think the most important thing is that as you rightly indicated in the setup to our conversation over the...